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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29
The Russian Language.

Russian, it is true, is an Indo- Euro
pean language, yet its analogies with
other members of the same great family
of speech are so obiterated, where not
altogether lost, as to make the student s
path veritable terra incognita-an unil-
Illuminated tract in which almost every
inch of ground has to be won by special
effort of the intellect rather than by any
brightness of pathological memory or de-
pendence upon Grimm's famous law of
consonantal interchange. 1t cannot be
denied that many foreign words have
erept into Russian. But this does not
alter the character of the language,
which remains, in spite of a sprinkling of
foreign elements, wholly rounded off in
itself.
No less troublesome, on the other
hand, is the formation of Russian as a
spoken tongue. Credited, somewhat
loosely, with possessing all the sounds
heard in other o-European languages,
it has vowels and consonants that are
rarely, even after years of practice, cor
rectly enunciated by foreigners. The
soft a." a peculiar liquid sound; the
letter 'sshch,'' expressed with a single
character; the final ''t'' and ''n''-these
are all difficulties Of formidable charac-
ter, and need mastering at as early a
stage in the students progress as possi-
BILE. Having regard to its infections
alone, one might call Russian an ancient
tongue resuscitated for the use of a
people of modern times. Every word in
the sentence must fit in, SO to speak, with
every other; verbs must be in agreement
visible as well as implied their
nominatives, adjectives with their nouns,
and nouns with almost every part of
speech. The Russian noun has three de-
clensions, each containing three sets of
forms, and no fewer than seven cases.
The verb is more formidable still. New
York Mail and Express.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29
Food of the Faithful.

The Turkish cuisine must be tasted to
be appreciated. The basis of all culinary
operations in Stamboul is a certain kind
of tallow extracted from the broad and
thick extremity of the Caraman sheep.
This tallow has an odor SO potent that we
would not use it even for candles. The
Turks are essentially vegetarians. They
eat beef very rarely, and never pork or
veal. They indulge in ducks, lean fowls
and finally sheep, the flesh of which they
cut off in small pieces. These pieces are
strung upon long spits, which are held
and turned for some minutes over hot
Goals, where they are slowly roasted, re-
tanning all their juices. This is what is
called kebab, healthful and nutritious
food, which Europeans find delicious.
Turkish pastry is quite varied, and would
not be disagreeable if honey and sugar
were not used SO abundantly, and if the
taste of tallow could be excluded. Bak-
lava and ekmek kataif Chick cakes cooked
in honey, perfumed with rosewater and
covered with caimak, a kind of cream) in
particular, recall very savory memories.
Pashas and rich Turks always have at
their repasts a great number of dishes,
which the servants bring in on brass
platters and place on the mat on the floor
or sometimes ON small low tables, around
which the guests squat themselves. They
eat in silence and in grave manner, and
serve themselves generally with their
fingers as well as with their forks, and
with their teeth as well as with their
knives. Nevertheless. they deign to use
a spoon to convey to their mouths food
that is not very solid, like stewed rice,
lnalebi, kind of cooked cream and
iaourt, thick and bitterish milk, of all
of which they are very fond. Their
drink consists of clear water, but this
does not prevent them from imbibing be-
fore their repast a white liquor, raki,
which is made Of the gum of the mastic
tree mixed with alcohol. It is an agree
able drink, but it is used like absinthe,
the taste and properties of which it pos
sesses. Its use, and even its abuse, does
not bring remorse to the conscience of
the Turks, for Mohammed has forbidden
them to use wine, but he forgot, prophet
though he was, to foresee the manufac-
ture of raki, an invention more modern
than his own.-A American Analyst.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29
Shipping Gold to Europe.

When one recalls the millions upon
millions Of dollars in gold that annually
seek Europe to provide for the necessities
of our import trade, the question of how
gold is shipped to Europe becomes a
curious and interesting one. The Bank
of America is the largest single shipper
of gold abroad. Shipments are made in
stout kegs, very like the ordinary beer
keg. Every one contains $4,000 in coin
or in bar gold. The latter is the favorite
for these shipments, since the govern
ment has permitted the sub-treasury to
exchange bar for gold coin, as coin in
81, 1000, 900 shipment is liable to a loss by
abrasion Of from eight to twenty ounces,
OF from 1928 to $500; and the bars only
lose about hree-fourths of that amount.
Where coin is sent double eagles are pre-
ferred. They are put in stout canvas
bags, each bag containing 1875 double
eagles, or $4,000, and ten bags fill each
keg.
About the only pracaution taken
against tampering with kegs is treat
ment of the keg ends, technically known
as fred taping." Four holes are bored
at equal intervals in the projecting rim
of the slaves above the head. Red tape
is run through these, crossing on the
kegs head, the ends meeting at the cen
ter, where they are sealed to the head by
the hardest of wax and stamped with the
consignor's name. The average insur-
ance is about $1,000 per 81 1000, 900.
Then there is an expense of SO keg for
packing and carriage aboard ship, or 5000
for the same sum; and the inevitable loss
by abrasion, whatever it may prove to
be. There are great Wall street firms
shipping from $25, 900, 900 to $40, 900, 900
annually. Some of these have for years
insured themselves, and assert that the
saving has been sufficient to replace a loss
of $1,000,000. These are large figures.
But this has become country of large
figures and affairs. Edgar L. Wake
man in Globe Democrat.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29
Three Sorts of Love.

In one of his novels Tolstoi dismisses
for the time being the love felt by a
young man for young girl, or vice
attachments which he says always
fill him with dismay-and proceeds to
divide lovely which he means love felt
by a human creature for other human
creatures three kinds-elegant love,
devoted love, and active love. The first
he defines as consisting in being enamored
of the beauty of the sentiment which one
experiences, and of a complacent satisfac-
tion in the expression of it.
'In my country" he goes on, ''people
of certain class, who love in this ele-
giant fashion, are not content to speak of
it to everybody; they always speak of it
in French. 1t is an absurd and grotesque
thing to say; but I am convinced that
there have been, and are-in certain
circle many persons, especially women,
in whom the love they feel for friends,
husband, and children would cease the
moment it was forbidden to be expressed
in French" Devoted love col. It's, on
the other hand, in loving the operation
of the sacrifice one makes in behalf OF
the beloved object, without troubling
ones self in the least to ascertain whether
the beloved object will find him or herself
the better or worse for it. This sort of
love is analysed and illustrated with as
tonishing penetration; the truth with
which the author points out the jealousy
and the harassing nature of this love
being at times almost painful. Thirdly,
and finally, active love consists in a
vehement desire to satisfy all the needs,
wants, caprices, reasonable and unreason-
able, of the beloved one.
Even the faults of the beloved are dear
to those possessed by this love, inasmuch
as they furnish further needs to be salts
fed. ''Such persons, he adds, ''rarely
express their love in words, and if they
do SO it is awkwardly and shyly ex-
pressed, for they are always afraid of not
loving enough. London Society.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29
The Air of nsohn Browns Body.

You were pleased to publish few
days ago. communication from me on
the subject of the genesis of the song of
'sJohn Brown. That of the air to which
it is sung is also very interesting, and
belongs to complete history of the
s'Marseillase" of Che emancipation.
Though adapted to a Methodist hymn, it
appears in the beginning to have been
some kind Of voudoo song and may be
possibly of purely negro origin. Lieut..
Chandler, in an article on Sherman's
march to the sea, says that during halt
at Shady Dale, in Georgia, the (FederaD
band struck up "John Browns body lies
moldering in the grave" Great was
the amazement of the soldiers to see a
number of negro girls come out one by
one from the deserted houses, and, form
ing circle round the band, dance in
grave and dignifed manner without
smiling, as if in some kind of magical
or religious ceremony. The dance over
they disappeared. The band played
other airs, but the girls did not reappear;
and their modest and earnest department
on this occasion made an impression on
the spectator. Inquiry of an old negro
woman elected the fact that the air was
known as s'the wedding tune, that it
had no connection with hymns or songs,
and that tile colored girls all believed
that they must dance whenever they
heard it played or that they would never
be married. The words and name of
"John Browns Body were as yet un-
known to every one then, in that obscure
corner of the south. 'I was convinced,
says the writer, ''that the tune was older
where the words were unknown than
where they were familiar.
l can only add that there are yet in ex-
istence in the United States several voudoo
airs and dances, and that one of the most
accomplished ladies whom ever met had
learned something of Them. 1t is very
probable, as / have already suggested,
that in its origin "John Brown" belongs
to this mysterious music. CHARLES G.
Leland in st. James Gazette.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29
The Wall Does Stand.

In an age when skepticism is under
mining all the cherished beliefs Of our
childhood, and when the seven wonders
of the world are becoming for most Of us
as dubious as the seven champions of
Christendom, it is pleasant to learn that
the great wall Of China at least stands
solidly where it did. The Able Larrien,
having published pamphlet to prove it a
fiction, has been met by the counter as
sertions of Mr.. w. G. Howell in The
London Standard, who has seen the wall,
and of Mr. William Simpson in The Lon
don Daily News, who has not only seen
the wall, but has drawn, engraved,
painted and exhibited i. Chicago News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29
A Haven for weak Nerves.

Washington bids fair to become the
haven for all persons of delicate nerves.
The commissioners have issued orders
strictly forbidding all sorts of noises.
Dogs are not to bark, cocks are not to
crow, whistles of shops and railway en-
gines are not to sound, streetcar bells are
not to jingle, hucksters are not to cry
abroad in the streets of the city. Vehicles
rel in silence over the smooth pavements.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29
WHO kNowsi
Who Of us know

Who of US know
How our next neighbor fares9
How of the woes and many cares
That rise like mountains in their way?
And who Of us can say
We know of that large world we never see.
The world of poverty?
Who of us know
How much Of pain smiling face conceals,
How little of the sunlight ever steals
Into the lives of those who seem the happiests
The one who makes US merry with his jest,
May he not carry in his heart SO free
A wound he does not wish the world to seer
Who of us love,
And loving, cherish but the empty name,
And feed our hearts on naught; the flame
That burns so brilliant and SO bright,
That lights our path as do the stars at night,
Goes out as quick as heavens lightning flashes,
And leaves us-ashesi
George Wilmot Harris
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29
An Intarestinr Relin.

The Office of register of wills for this
district is being overhauled and repaired,
Among the old papers discovered was an
instrument executed by Gen. Kosciusko,
dated May 8, 1898, in which he author
lied his friend, Thomas Jefferson, to dis
pose of his property and to devote the
proceeds to the freeing of negro slaves. =
Washington Cor. Chicago News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29

Debating societies in search OF new
question might take up the case OF the
man who, in attempting to hang himself,
fell and received fatal injuries. Did he
commit suicide?
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29

A man without reproach, from whom
the breath of scandal passes like common
breath from any other polished surface,
could afford to do what other common
men could not. Charles Dickens
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29

The cost to the principals in a suit
over rooster, in Bergen county, New
Jersey, courts, has reached $500.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29

Mrs. Langtry's new play, !" AS in a
Looking Glass; was probably selected
after considerable reflection.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29

A coroner's jury gave verdict Of
stage struck the other day in the case
Of man who was run over by bus.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29

In Turkey, when man is found sell
ing adulterated food, his ears are nailed
to wall.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29
The EQUALIZATION of the Sexes.

The epoch discovers curious aspect of
our modern literature to be that while
women, Intellectually speaking, are be-
ginning to show a certain masculine
power, men are beginning to develop GER
tain feminine characteristics, such as ex-
pansiveness, exaggerated delicacy of ex-
preston, and tendency to a gossipy
analysis of trifes. While women are
climbing the stairs of intellectual progress
men are descending by the ladder of gos-
sip to sit by the fire and play with painted
trihes and fantastic toys. This is all
right 1t is time the men were having a
rest any way.-St. Paul Globe.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29

An Atlantic county, New Jersey, di-
vine recently delivered sermon to an
audience OF one.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29

Conductor, said passenger on a
sothern railroad, my hat has blown out
of the window. How long ago2 About
ten minutes. Well. said the conductor
pulling the rope, I'll back up for it, but
it's lucky for you you spoke in time.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29

A Massachusetts, newspaper COM
positor tried to set up IA Big Fire in
Hull" When it appeared in the paper
it had an s'e'' where the "u'' was meant
to be.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29

Alcohol is immense for cleaning sill
yer, remarked Sarcasticus to his wife
yesterday when he saw her working
hard at the table cutlery. Yes, said
Mrs. S., l notice that it completely cleans
all the silver out Of your pockets lately.
1890 nnn n00 ,,ec,,lo ;o;,,ad hands tI,av
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29

They say Lotta is very rich. In other
words, she has a Lolita money.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29

II 100000 people joined hands they
would reach around the world.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29

Meets in the Library and Lyceum Builds
ing, South street, first Friday evening OF
&C George T. Werts, Mayor; Alexander
Chisoim. Recorder; Phanett G.: Barker,
Patrick Farrelly, Aldermen; James c..
Dustan. Edwin A. Doty, Robert D. Foote,
Thomas Malley. Frank Schureman, Coun>>
cilmen; c. Augustus Muir, Clerk and
Treasurer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-29
Board of Education.

Jobn D. Guerin, Stephen Pierson, Geo.
w COLES. Fl. A. Freeman. Joseph II. Van
Doren. Frank H. Fairchild, E. 0. Peck,
Enoch 4. Caskey, F. ]. Richters..
John D. Guerin, President; Edward G.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-09-01
G. A. r.
General Fairchild's Official Circular An.
nouncing the Twenty First National En-
caYnnrn at TauiS

General Fairchild's Onfcia1 Circular An.
nouncing the Twenty First National En-
campment at st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 23.-The following cir
cular (No. s., issued from the National
headquarters at Madison, Wis, will be of
interest to Grand Army men and others
proposing to attend the National encamp-
ment, next month.
Circular No. 8. has just been issued from
National headquarters, as follows:
MADISON, Wis, Aug. 20, 1887.
AS heretofore announced, the twenty-tirst
National encampment, G. A. R., Will be held
in ST. Louis, Mo-, September 49, 20 and 30,
1887.
The parade will occur on Tuesday, the 27th OF
September, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The attendance will be SO large that it has
been determined that G. A r. men and veterans
of the late war, with Sons OF Veterans, only,
shall participate in it.
The business session Of the Encampment
will convene in Exposition Hall on Wednes
day morning, September %, at ten o'clock.
The executive committee of the National
Council Of Administration will meet Monday
evening September &c, at half-past seven
o'clock. at room IS, Southern Hotel
The National Council Of Administration will
hold meeting on Tuesday at three clock
m. at National headquarters.
National headquarters will leave Madison
Wis, at o'clock a. M. September 26, by spe
cial train. via Milwaukee, over the Chicago E
Northwestern railroad to Chicago. This trai
will be transferred entire to the Illinois Central
track. and will leave Chicago by Illinois Central
railroad. o'clock a. m, arriving in ST. Louis al
p. m. the same day.
National headquarters will be established Of
the Southern Hotel, at room No. &c, on the
evening OF the Goth of September.
All railroads have made rate of one fare fol
the round trip. and the Central Traffic Associa
ton has made rate recently of enc cent q
mile to and from ST. Louis. This last rate may
prevail generally.
Excursions at very low rates art arranged te
Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Springfield
Mo-, Springfield, ILL.,, and other places Of IN
terest.
Comrades desiring full programme of the
proceedings Of the encampment week. givini
particula rning excursions banQuets
etc, in advance Of the meeting, will address
General D. P. Grier, Lindell Hotel, chairman
general executive committee, ST. Lonis, Mo.
who will gladly furnish it.
LUCIUS FAIRCHILD, Comm ander-in- Chief.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-09-01
CONFIDENTIAL.

Events In the Lives of the Two Irish Lead
ers, Grattan and ParneIl. that Present q
Singular Array of Coincidences-A Cen
tury's Lapse Makes History Repeat Itself
NEW YORK, Aug. pa special cable te
the Herald from Dublin says: "Mr. E
Dwyer Gray, member of Parliament an
editor of the Freemdn's Journal, con
tributes editorially this remarkable com.
parison of the lives of Grattan and Par.
nell: Following are striking condolences
of date and fact: Grattan was born in
1746, Parnell exactly a century later.
Grattan entered the Irish Parliament in
1875; Parnell took his seat in the House OF
Commons in 1875. In 1779 was established
that body led by Grattan which enabled
him to achieve legislative independence,
while in 1879 was founded that organiza,
ton of which Parnell is leader, and which
bids fair to enable him to regain legis.
lative independence. The freedom o.
Dublin was presented to Grattan,
and exactly century later thG
same compliment was conferred
on Parnell. Both were Professionals.
Grattan attached himself to Fox, who WIS.,
tied Ireland in ITS; Parnell to Gladstone
who visited Ireland in 1878. A golden tribute
from grateful people was presented to
both. Grattan bought an estate in Queens
County, the strong hold of the Parnells,
but chose his home in County Wicklow,
whittier Charles Stewart Parnells grand
father had migrated and also fixed his
residence. In 1880 Grattan's declaration
of Irish rights was fercely attacked by
the government, and SO also was Par
nell's programme in 1880, by means of
State prosecution. Both were intended in
youth for the bar, but neither had taste
for the profession. A base effort was
made to implicate Gratten in the treason
able plots of his time and failed; the same
remark applies to Parnell."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-09-01
TIT FOR TAT.

Canadian Sealers Learning that They
must Observe Limits as Well as Yankee
Fishermen-The DoIefun Tale of the
captured schooner Sayward-A Protest
Promised.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. PA Neacs spe-
ciai from Ottawa, Ont, says: Private
dispatches have been received by the gov
eminent giving accounts of what the
Fisheries and Marine Department. con-
sIders gross outrages by the United States
in Behring sea. Deputy Minister Tilton
said to the Neacs correspondent yesterday:
'sIf this outrage had been committed by
Canada against the United States Presi-
dent Cleveland would issue proclamation
OF retaliation within forty-eight hours, or
else the people would rise in their might
and demand such action"
The dispatches are still held private, but
your correspondent has secured positive
and authentic knowledge of their contents.
Their substance is stated by an affidavit
forwarded by Andrew Lang, first officer of
the British sealing schooner Sayward.
He testified under oath that the Sayward
left Victoria on May 16, bound on seal
ing voyage with seven men and
sixteen Indian hunters. He says:
Eve commenced sealing off Cape
Scott, off the north of Vancouver
Island, and killed 429 fur seals in the Pa
cific ocean. Our vessel then entered
Behring sea, July 7, the weather being
thick and foggy. On July we were
captured by the United States steamer
Richard Rush, being then thirty or
forty miles off the nearest land. We were
taken in tow to Ounalaska and laid along
side the steamer st. Paul, Of the CONNER
cial Company. They removed the
sealskins, taking them ashore and
placing them in the company's
warehouse resulting the skins with salt
taken from our vessels. They put an off,
Ger of the Rush on board the Sayward,
towed US out to sea and sent US to Sitka.
The vessel was left in charge of an United
States officer and we were only allowed to
remove our clothing. The Indians were
left to find their homes as best they could.
They were about seven hundred miles
from their village when we were taken. I
spoke to the captain of the Rush and told
him we had not captured seal in Behring
sea, and he replied: 81 am sorry for you.
I have to obey orders and take every
thing I como across in Behring sea-"
Lang's affidavit is sworn to before NJ.
W. Tierrett Drake, notary public. The
authorities here regard this not only as a
gross breach of international law in seiz-
ing British ship on the high seas, but a
gross inhumanity to the crew. They say
that the Captain of the Rush stating that
he would seize everything shows the course
Secretary Bayar has determined on. Up
to the present time there has been much
diplomacy, but Bayard has avoided
final decision. The information has been
forwarded to the British Government, and
it is expected that vigorous and perhaps
warlike protest will at once be made.